Plan B’s Ray Winstone gauntlet

RAY WINSTONE is the “daddy” of British film – so when he sets you a challenge,
you would be wise to take it seriously.

And Plan B has. The singer/actor/film director — real name Ben Drew — has
shifted two stone in two months after the 54-year-old movie hardman
questioned his then 14½st frame.

Ray threw down the gauntlet to Ben eight weeks ago when the pair met to talk
about their respective roles as Jack Regan and George Carter in a new film
version of classic cop series, The Sweeney.

Ben, 27, revealed: “Ray came into the studio and we were talking about my
character and how someone as young as me has got the part.

“We were saying how I’ve got to be a man in his early thirties, super-smart,
excels in exams, brilliant at sports and Ray looked me up and down and goes,
‘Are you sure you’re going to get yourself in good enough shape?’